Bacillus firmus가 생산하는 cyclodextrin glycosyltran-sferase(CGTase)를 ammonium sulfate 침전, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 및 Sephdex G-100 column chromatography로 분리, 정제하였다. 이 방법으로 수율은 12%, 정제도는 49배인 SDS-PAGE 상에서 단일 band의 효소 단백질을 얻을 수 있었다. 정제된 CGTase는 Phast system의 SDS-polyacrylamide gel 전기영동에 의하여 분자량은 80,000dalton, isoelectric focusing으로 등전점은 9.6으로 추정되는 단백질이었다. 이 효소의 최적 활성 pH와 온도는 8.0, $65^{circ}C$이였으며, pH와 열안정성은 $pH;5.5{sim}9.0$, $50^{circ}C$이였다. Soluble starch를 기질로 하여 24시간 효소반응한 액의 ${alpha}-;:;{eta}-;:;{gamma}-cyclodextrin$의 생성비율은 0.01 : 2.90 : 1.00으로 ${eta}-$ 및 ${gamma}-cyclodextrin$을 주로 생산하였다.
The cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase(EC 3.2.1.19) from Bacillus firmus was purified by precipitating with ammonium sulfate followed by, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column chromatography and Sephadex G-100 column chromatography. In this way, we were able to obtain the single band protein on SDS-PAGE with a yield of 12%, whose purity was 49 fold. The purified CGTase was identified as a protein having molecular weight of approximately 80,000 dalton and isoelectric point of 9.6. The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme activity were 8.0 and $65^{circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was stable at between pH 5.5 and 9.0 and up to $50^{circ}C$. After 24hr of enzyme reaction using soluble starch as substrate, the ratio of ${alpha}-$, ${eta}-$ and ${gamma}-cyclodextrin$ production was 0.01 : 2.90 : 1.00, respectively. And this CGTase pro-duced mainly ${eta}-$ and ${gamma}-cyclodextrin$.
